Pres. Buhari said he knows lawmakers, businesses sponsoring IPOB, Yoruba Nation

 

President Buhari alleged that investigations have revealed financiers of secessionist agitations including a serving National Assembly member. In his nationwide broadcast to mark Nigeria’s 61st Independence Day anniversary on Friday in Abuja, warned that his regime would take decisive actions against secessionists Indigenous People of Biafra and Yoruba Nation agitators and their sponsors who threaten national security. 

“The recent arrests of Nnamdi Kanu and Sunday Adeyemo and the ongoing investigations being conducted have revealed certain high profile financiers behind these individuals. We are vigorously pursuing these financiers, including one identified as a serving member of the National Assembly.

“This is a clear example of how people abandon their national leadership positions for their selfish gains.

“Instead of preaching unity, they are funding and misleading our youth to conduct criminal acts that sometimes lead to unfortunate and unnecessary loss of lives and property.

“As the so-called leaders run abroad to hide, our innocent youths are misled and left in the streets to fight for their senseless and destructive causes,’’ Mr Buhari said.